+1 Do you instantly ask for a salary raise from your company the moment you earn your MBA or Masters Degree while still working full-time? 1 2y
0 Undergrads transferBU Questrom and IU Kelly 2 2y
+7 Sciences Po & Berkeley [CAD$250k] vs University of Toronto [CAD$100k] 6 2y
+24 Take 1: Cornell is the worst ivy hands down. Change my mind. Would you rather go Brown or Dartmouth? 27 2y
+9 Northeastern University Semi-Target? 1 2y
+6 Vanderbilt vs Wesleyan University 0 2y
0 Thoughts on Williams for UG 4 2y
+1 Best Transfer Schools for IB 1 2y
+17 Rutgers Honors College vs Penn State 6 2y
+60 Easiest schools to recruit to ib from? 65 2y
+34 RE online courses: Are certificates from Universities helpful for job search? 13 2y
0 Is GWU good for IB? 3 2y
+30 HYPSM Student or NESCAC Athlete for IB recruiting 11 2y
+7 3 Ways to Beat the Harvard Kids When Recruiting for Investment Banking Internships As Non-Target School Kid 1 2y
+15 High school student unsure what field of finance he wants to go into 9 2y
+38 Succeeding at Penn CAS? 12 2y
+9 School Decision 4 2y
+23 Why am I seeing so many wildly contradicting narratives regarding Georgetown MSF? What should I believe? 2 2y
0 USC Marshall vs Babson Presidential Scholar vs UCLA Business Econ 1 2y
+9 Is it easier to land top positions form a semi target if the school is closer to where firms are located? 1 2y
0 GOING TO NORTHWESTERN BUT NOT FOR ECON(MAYBE). PLEASE GIVE ADVICE 2 2y
+12 Vanderbilt ($$$) vs. Warwick ($) for Investment Banking 4 2y
+23 UConn vs Bentley for IB 15 2y
+3 Penzance Management 2 2y
+13 Transferring into a Target School/What to expect and how to prepare. 4 2y
+9 Vanderbilt vs. Warwick for Finance 1 2y
+9 MBA fit ? 2 2y
+25 USC vs Emory 15 2y
+8 x 8 2y
+2 Help Me Pick A College Please. Deadline is next week. Looking at consulting rn. 11 2y
+8 Transfer 7 2y
0 Is Wharton Deferred MBA Worth It? 1 2y
+2 UMich LSA vs. Fordham vs. UMass (Econ) 2 2y
+12 Profile Evaluation - MBA 8 2y
+15 3.45 GPA at Non-Target - How likely is it that I break into IB out of school? 5 2y
0 Question for Top 5 undergrad alums (Harvard/Stanford/MIT/Princeton/Yale) 1 2y
0 nyu stern vs northwestern 2 2y
+10 College education 4 2y
+16 UIUC MF or UCLA MFE 6 2y
0 Colby College vs Colgate University 1 2y
+8 Should I retake the GMAT? (Military to MSRE) 2 2y
+6 Del 5 2y
+2 Comparing undergraduate schools. NEED HELP CHOOSING Northeastern, NYU CAS 4 2y
+15 Has anyone ever seen a MSF success story? (US) 11 2y
+6 Transfer to Boston University Questrom School of Business vs Bentley U 1 2y
+13 . 7 2y
+14 Should I transfer out of a semi target school to a target school (UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell Dyson, Duke, NU, Geogetown McDonough, UChicago, etc.) for a better chance of getting recruited as an international F-1 Visa student?  6 2y
+2 Undergrad Selection - Middlebury Vs Rice Vs Claremont McKenna 2 2y
+97 Would I be stupid to pass on Columbia (undergrad) 37 2y
+9 .idk 12 2y
+9 Just got into ivy league 10 2y
+29 St Andrews vs LSE vs Middlebury 19 2y
+14 Application season was a disaster for me, need advice for which uni to attend. 1 2y
+23 UCL Vs Warwick Vs Umass Amherst Vs UW Madison Vs UofT for undergrad 22 2y
+1 Presence of University of St Andrews in London (and Wall Street) 1 2y
+3 Which College? Brandeis vs Syracuse vs LMU 2 2y
+58 Wharton Huntsman Program vs Yale vs Dartmouth 53 2y
+6 First Year Student @ semi-target in California 4 2y
+12 Realistically, how much of financial accounting do I need for IB? 1 2y
+7 Joseph Wharton Scholars 7 2y
0 IB/PE NYC or MC or AM 1 2y
+1 Updated thoughts on GSB vs. HBS vs. Wharton 1 2y
0 Bentley University or Babson College for investment banking 1 2y
+8 How hard is BB/EB from a Target/Lower Ivy (Brown/Columbia/Dartmouth/Cornell)? 8 2y
0 Which undergrad non target should I go to for PWM 3 2y
+9 Wharton Or Harvard For Undergrad? 16 2y
+1 how much of a donation required to name Harvard's business school in my name? 🤔 1 2y
+60 UC Berkeley (Haas) vs Cornell Dyson vs Columbia vs Dartmouth 21 2y
0 How sunk am I coming from a state school? 2 2y
+6 is CS at Columbia prestigious? 5 2y
0 USC vs Washu vs Fordham for IB 3 2y
+18 Why is Boston College CSOM praised so much here? 10 2y
+15 Columbia MS Accounting and Fundamental Analysis or Yale Silver Scholar Program 5 2y
+7 Comparing undergraduate schools. NEED HELP CHOOSING 8 2y
+13 Help Me Choose - UVA or UCLA? 3 2y
+6 Duke vs. Dartmouth vs. UChicago vs. Columbia GS vs. Penn CAS 2 2y
+17 Undergraduate Selection - UGA (Terry), PSU (Smeal), GT (Scheller), Howard, IU (Pre-Business, Kelley) 7 2y
+16 Barnard vs. UC Berkeley (L&S) 11 2y
+62 Canadian universities - Is waterloo that good? 50 2y
+9 PhD Economists, where's the bar? 1 2y
+6 Northeastern MSF VS UC Irvine MSF (Urgent) 0 2y
0 Northwestern vs Notre Dame Mendoza vs Michigan Ross IB placement 1 2y
+12 ER vs. IB as Short-Term Goal on MBA Applications 3 2y
+12 Indiana University Kelley School of Business vs Rutgers Business School for Corporate Finance 1 2y
+12 The Ultimate Debate - Cornell Dyson vs. Michigan Ross 7 2y
+23 IB at Washu vs IB at Northeastern vs IB at Fordham vs IB at Penn State 20 2y
0 Berkeley vs Mich for MBB 1 2y
+6 MSF Baruch vs Fordham vs Georgetown 6 2y
+12 Best Real Estate Masters / MBA for entrepreneurship 1 2y
0 Northeastern placements ? 1 2y
+9 Major 4 2y
+51 College decision another round- Emory vs Tufts vs Wake Forest vs UCLA vs Tulane vs NYU CAS vs Boston University 31 2y
+29 BC Carroll vs USC Marshall for finance 38 2y
+9 Should I Double Major For IB 1 2y
+13 Quant SWE wanting to move switch into ER - Is MBA right for me? 3 2y
+14 International Student : Break into USA IB 3 2y
+11 Columbia Dual BA vs T20s? 1 2y
+7 College 6 2y
+14 Accepted to MS in Commerce (McIntire), MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure (Johns Hopkins, [Waiting] MS in Finance (Georgetown) 8 2y
0 Middlebury vs IU (Kelley) vs. UGA (Terry) 1 2y

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